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3 days ago · Inherited heart conditions, sometimes referred to as inherited cardiac conditions (ICC), are a group of heart conditions that are passed on through families. They affect around 1 in 250 people worldwide and can affect people of all ages.
1 day ago · Lee predicts that understanding the roles of gene deserts will ultimately help improve the notoriously inefficient drug development process. "Making new drugs for these diseases is terribly ...
3 days ago · Autosomal recessive is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic disorders. “Autosomal” means that the gene in question is located on one of the numbered, or non-sex, chromosomes. “Recessive” means that two copies of the mutated gene (one from each parent) are required to cause the disorder. In a family where both parents ...
1 day ago · Understanding that lived experiences with genetic disease often encompass a range of symptoms and associations in tandem can assist comprehension of the impact that these can have on people’s lives.
2 days ago · A genetic trait may help delay early onset Alzheimer's. A rare genetic trait could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s, research indicates. Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Getty Images. Some people are ...
2 days ago · Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disease seen most often among people of African ancestry. Caused by mutations in one of the genes that encode the hemoglobin protein, the disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
5 days ago · Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited. The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells.
